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[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rynosaur:
I always mount my sdcard in a linux and format/fix/repartion, or at least let Clockwork Recovery do it. I have never found a Sense, Vanilla, or AOSP ROM that handled SD partition operations very well, without at least a little tragedy.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notwen:
This tends to be things go as far as ROMs partitioning my sd, always back it up externally and format/partition before transferring stuck back over to it while in phone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
how do you flash something in hboot?
[G2 and Desire Z General] tackleberry:
I read a lot more about the newer htc devices being made not very rootable.... if this is true where do we go from htc? Samshitung or ****ty erricsson? Motofailure? Lg?
[G2 and Desire Z General] ibemad1:
Motorola is even more locked down than anyone else. HTC is the most open probably.

Sent from my G2 running Cyanogenmod 7.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tackleberry:
This locking down these devices totally takes away from a true android reason for existence right?

I say companies should if anything charge 100 bucks more for a prerooted phone, and cut the warranty in half if they are truly that scared. I would gladly pay extra for a rooted device new out of the box.
[G2 and Desire Z General] scottmog:
...........
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
The wizards here at xda will all ways find a way, the desire z and hd had extra security and it was cracked. The Htc thunderbolt has recently been rooted to.

It is a worry though I would hate to have to stick with stock. But hope fully the nexus product line will continue so there will all ways be that option assuming that Htc make them from now on.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tackleberry:
I have total faith in the people here at xda, but still is alarming that I read this stuff is locked down more.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the current nexus phone a samsung?

sent from the rooty tooty fresh and fruity cm7 nighly powered G2
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
Yeah it is, what I meant was that hopefully htc will get to make the next one and not samsung
[G2 and Desire Z General] Terrier Hockey:
My Vibrant was very easy to root, modify, and most importantly, restore to stock. If it had a physical keyboard I'd probably still have it. The sense I got from the community there was that it is one of the easier phones to work with (except for the whole Samsung never upgrading it or releasing the full source code).
[G2 and Desire Z General] zaelia:
The g2x is supposed to come with the bootloader unlocked so I would put my money on LG
[G2 and Desire Z General] shabbypenguin:
lg releases source on day one, unlocked bootloader, and gives an almost stock aosp feature out of the box...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexdogg:
hey everyone...

so i had my rooted EVO 4G with a rom that looked great but it had a lot of bugs (bluetooth disconnected, sd unmonted) but the visuals were great, so what i did is i installed another rom thats very stable...

im a noob in this field but ive been extracting apks from the previous rom and putting them in the actual one, example, ime for keyboard, youtube, rosie, dialer, fonts, even changed some pngs from framework-res.apk...so far my frankensteining has been working great and my visuals have been changing almost to look like previous rom.

the deal is that when i changed phone and dialer, the keypad numbers did change colors (to white), but background stayed white.

can somebody tell me where is the file that contains the dialer background info (either .png or xml) what so i have to change to mod it black???

thanks in advance..
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrant:
I recently worked up the courage to root my new T-Mobile G2. I got the phone recently, so it came preloaded with the OTA update.

Through searching, I identified Visionary r14 as an easy one-click root solution. I tried out the temp root via Visionary r14 first, then tried out the OC kernel module. Satisfied with this, I perm rooted, also using Visionary r14, without any incident. I followed the manual instructions for flashing HBOOT and getting S-OFF. I confirmed S-OFF in HBOOT, then installed ROM Manager and flashed Clockwork Recovery. After a Nandroid backup, I then flashed the BaconBits 0.3 kernel to lock in the overclock.

After doing all this, I then found an XDA thread and the wiki page on the G2 indicating that the Visionary root method has problems with it and should not be used. Gfree is the new preferred method.

My question is, is there any issues with the method I performed? Would there be any harm in running Gfree now? I would like to perform the Subsidy unlock, as well as S-OFF the radio.

Last question is related to battery life. Are there any other kernels aside from BaconBits that can be used with stock ROM for better battery life? I read somewhere Pershoots kernel does not work with stock ROM.

Sorry for all the questions, new to all this and trying to figure out what my options are.

--MrAnt--
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
I believe you can still use gfree to get true S-OFF and SIM-unlock, see this guide.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] octpus:
Preloaded with OTA? Which version? To my knowledge, isn't it that after OTA to post 1.34, neither Visionary nor gfree work?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrant:
Thanks raitchison. I read that part of the wiki, but it wasn't very clear if there would be any issues using gfree after visionary. I'll give it a try.

octpus, I am not sure what I started with, but it is my understanding that there are two ROMs for the G2, stock and the OTA which adds wifi calling and hotspot tethering. My phone had these features out of the box, and there was no system update available. That made me think I had the OTA version.

Also, when testing out the OC kernel module using temp root, I used the OTA kernel modules with no problems. What is 1.34 referring to? Build number?

I had no problems using Visionary for temp and perm root. Perm root stuck just fine, I have done a few reboots since and everything is solid.

--MrAnt--
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianmcquinn:
If everything was working after doing the permroot with Visionary, then you are fine. It's now just as simple as running the gfree command on your phone (as explained in the Wiki).

I believe where people had problems with Visionary was with simply hitting the "Attempt permroot" button (as opposed to the whole temproot, flash HBOOT thing). It would sometimes leads to bootloops, getting stuck at the HTC screen, inability to even get temproot anymore, etc. If it worked though, it worked fine. That's why most now say to not even take the chance with it (since safer methods exist).

As far as 1.34, that is a version number, only for the Desire Z though. Gfree was found not to work on any Desire Z's above 1.34 (so they have to be downgraded first). The G2 though has only been released with two versions---1.19 and 1.22. Both work fine with gfree as is.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrant:
Just wanted to update that I ran gfree (v0.4) without any problems. Confirmed everything worked by running gfree_verify. Post-reboot, everything is working great.

Thanks for help and advice. Glad I didn't brick my phone!

--MrAnt--
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IronMan66:
I too used visionary and i had no problems with it at all. It is prone to problems though. If not followed 100%
[Galaxy Tab General] salary:
hi guys

my G-tab firmware is jxjj1 & i want update to P1000JVJM5

there are many ways to update rom ... i confused :(

anyone can help me plz ? :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddy_boy:
Hi,

Does anybody know how I can disable/stop the buttons on headset automatically playing music? Very annoying because I often accidentally press them.

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DaGoTTi:
what is a good application to use for tracking a evo android phone that is lost or stolen?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] toriaa:
I can highly recommend you TheftAware.

It's a brilliant app and the most important thing is, it's exactly working how it's supposed to do.

IMHO it's the best app for that kind of need.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Protocol 7:
If you have happened to sign up before they closed their doors, I recommend Mobile Defense, but if you haven't signed up beforehand, I suggest Lookout Security.

P.S. I'd provide the links, but since I'm new I'm not allowed to. A simple Google search will find what you need.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DaGoTTi:
are those free apps for tracking down the devices?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Destke:
The only app that is listed here and is "free" is lookout m8.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DaGoTTi:
lookout is free for a month than a fee isnt it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ActorMike:
Where's my droid is good too.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DaGoTTi:
anything like http://www.antidroidtheft.com ?
[Android Software Development] Ztiffn:
Hey,

i search an app that i can use my android-phone as wireless headset on pc over wifi oder bluetooth.

edit: sry that i forgot to edit the title :/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supaphreek:
So, i know the app store is only for US and not really for us... but because most of us have custom roms, were able to use it.

So i tried it, and it said its not available in my region. Is there anyway i can bypass this ? :S so that i can get apps :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarmacx:
type amazon appstore canada in google and you will get the info in the first link.

I would like to include a link but I still dont have my 8 posts required to add links it seems.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnius1:
no longer works, just tried it
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slim94:
the appstore is now working for Canada!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atgmartin:
I'm still getting a message saying that "Amazon appstore for Android is not yet available in your region". Anyone else getting this? What's strange is that I've downloaded from the Amazon appstore before:confused:.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topched:
Same thing is happening to me. I just downloaded the app store application but can't install anything. It must be opening up to Canada sometime soon, right?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yguns76:
I tried to download Charlie Brown Christmas App and was denied "...region". I was still able to download my previous purchased apps. Other free apps were also denied.

EDIT: use a VPN (hotspotshield) to purchase the app on your computer. It will then be available on your android device for download & install under "My Apps".
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aasoror:
Just tried it on my PC, its not working, still getting the same message, and apparently for some reason amazon.com is still detecting I am in Canada (I get the "shopping from Canada banner").

Strange that hotspotshield is indeed working (verified my IP using several methods and even got region locked hulu to work without a problem).
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ConeyKiller:
Clear browser cache?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keyra74:
thx for this it works with using vpn :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Gunblade77:
Hey guys I was hopeing I could get some help on removing or changing the first image I see when the phone turns on. Its the old blue energy logo from a previous rom. I see it before magldr comes up.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Skellyyy:
Just look for a wallpaper you want, download it, then there will be a RUU, boot to bootloader and flash it. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Gunblade77:
wait i thought the RUU was for roms. You can just download a wallpaper and install it from RUU? maybe im confused. I'm running 2.3 andriod on my hd2.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jsmccabe78:
for the first screen (aka splash screen - doesn't matter if WM, android, W7 - it is all the same.)

the prior post was a tad simplified, but the process is quite easy:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=895089
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Skellyyy:
The bootloader and RUU is to update anything on the phone via bootloader and not just ROM's. ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] roloracer:
what you guys have to explain to the OP is that because this phone is not a native android and it's a wimno phone , you need to use a nbh to change the splash screen, you can flash it from the sd card if you want without needing a RUU, just rename the splash screen .nbh to leoimg.nbh and put the phone into bootloader and flash.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Gunblade77:
thank you guys learned a lot!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] buurin:
I'm looking for some kind of physical remote that can control the Motorola Xoom.

Remote control functions in order of importance to me:

Pause/Play/FF/RW Audio

Launch voice search

Launch media player

Launch Navigation / Maps

Launch text search

Be able to turn the screen on/off

Volume / Mute

Dim/Brighten the screen

I've noticed much of this functionality exists on the official Motorola Xoom bluetooth keyboard but the form factor would not work for a remote control.

My ideal solution

Bluetooth remote about the size of a credit card.

App that allows me to map any button on the remote any action on the device.

Random questions:

Are there any recommended bluetooth remote controls?

Are there any apps that would allow me to map remote buttons to specific actions?

If not... Would the Android SDK allow me to pair with any bluetooth device (i.e. PS3 Remote)? Also, would the SDK allow me access to actions like launching applications? What about system settings like screen brightness. My day job is software development but I have no experience on Android however I do have Java experience.

Would rooting my device help me gain this functionality?

Thanks a lot

B
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Protocol 7:
The first 2 are possible without any external applications and/or coding. Android supports (if you have the hardware) AVRCP, which is the protocol for audio control. Voice search is also available as well.

However, the rest of the controls you want to use will not work with Android, and if my predictions are right, will never work unless a ROM comes out with such controls.

Hope this helps.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] buurin:
Thanks for the reply.

The motorola Xoom keyboard offers all except:

Voice Search

Launch Maps/Navigation

Screen on/off

Screen brightness

I feel like voice search & maps are possible. Sceen on/off & brightness I could see being an issue.

I picked up a Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard today and tried various key combinations (i.e. Windows+B launched the browser). The volume controls on the keyboard also worked (no mute button though).

Previous versions of android allows you to define "Quick Launch" items, which means that you could say (Search+X) launches "Application Y". I do not know why this feature isnt exposed in 3.0/Honeycomb. This would partially solve my voice search & navigation requirements (I'd still need a remote & the ability to map its buttons to key combinations).

The Wii Controller IME App maps the buttons of a Ninetento Wii remote to keystrokes, so I know the SDK allows such.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Protocol 7:
I seemed to have made a rash thought when I replied to you last night. You are correct; sorry about that.

Volume buttons will also work because of AVRCP, and brightness controls will also work as well.

The Quick Launch feature (one that I've never used) is something that I have seen, so if you have hardware where when you press a button sends something like ALT-D and all you have to do is map it in the settings...

The only problem is finding actual hardware for this. I'm pretty sure if you just bought a simple small bluetooth keyboard you can do this, but then comes the lack of the AVRCP controls.

I would wait some more, because something of your interests is bound to be created sometime soon.
[Thunderbolt General] psufan5:
If you dont care about push email and syncing contacts (most of us arent that important) I highly recommend turning off "Always on data" in the wireless settings. This time of day I am normally around 60% battery left (sometimes less) when I have it on... with it off? Im hovering around 92% battery and my phone started at 97% this morning because of the charger bug...

Basically if you turn this off, your phones DATA radio shuts off after 10 minutes of sleep. Gtalk, Gmail, contacts, calendar will not auto-push at this point, nor will any of your other apps (but who cares the phone is off). The work around for GTalk is simple - use trillian or Beejive which utilize Google Push messaging. Basically when you wake your phone, you instantly get all the missed IMs since both chat apps save your IMs on the server until you are available to push to. Android is awesome with reconnecting 3G and it happens in less than 2 seconds.

If you care about battery, check this out. Id rather have battery last 2 days than auto syncing contacts and gmail. Plus you can setup the standard email app to check your email for you since that doesnt require push (will check email when you wake it up).
[Thunderbolt General] KarbonKopy:
Anyone else had success with this? I have considered it but haven't pulled the trigger yet.
[Thunderbolt General] Russ36363:
I tried different sync settings with time, moving between checking for emails every 15-30 minutes as well as hourly, wasn't too much of a difference. I've turned off background data, but I haven't checked to see if turning off all data works. If I can find this setting I'll definitely try it tonight
[Thunderbolt General] strongergravity:
I'm going to try this in a few minutes...once I get off this call. I hate being put on hold!
[Thunderbolt General] nswenson:
Best way to save battery is to turn off 4G (run only 3G). Why would I want my data off all the time. With 3G only I get over 20 hours battery life consistently with data on.
[Thunderbolt General] dennisjr631:
Am I the only one that can't find this setting? I went to settings and wireless & networks but don't see always on data.Never mind I found it in mobile networks.
[Thunderbolt General] edward_g:
Click on mobile networks. It's in there.
[Thunderbolt General] moondrius:
I guess I am lucky, I have gotten great battery life even with 4g on. I have noticed if you are in a bad 4g area that toggles to 3g a lot this will kill your battery. I live in a great 4g area and never bounce back and forth.
[Thunderbolt General] RogerPodacter:
I've done this on all my android phones, it makes an enormous difference. Android OS keeps an always-on data session, and all the Google services are constantly talking to their servers like gmail, market updater, talk, Google voice, etc. Turn off mobile data with a toggle widget until you actually need data is by far the best way to save huge battery.

Other phones such as the iPhone do not work this way. Instead the data session only initiates when you do some thing that needs it, such as opening the web browser. After closing the browser the data session terminates. Of course push email would keep it on all the time. But stock setup does not.

Android just keeps it on all the time.
[Thunderbolt General] Phyrephx:
What charging bug?
[Thunderbolt General] crazed_z06:
Will have to try this out. One thing Im missing on this phone that I had on my Droidx is power profiles. I made a profile that turned off data after 30 mins. This saved a crazy amount of battery. I cant bring my phone into work, so I leave it in the car.

On the Droid X, if I let it keep the data session always on, Id be down to like 50 percent battery with the phone sitting doing nothing all day (about 9 hrs). By having the data turn off after 30 mins, the phone would be at 80 percent at the end of the day.
[Thunderbolt General] jamesfrom818:
I replaced my texting plan with Google Voice. This isn't an option for me.

I usually just leave it on 1X if its just sitting in my pocket and I don't need speed.

Are people seeing good battery gains with all the bloatware removed? I have root but I haven't gotten around to removing the Verizon bloat

edit: Now that I think about it, 1X could be a bigger power drain than EVDO. Hmm
[Thunderbolt General] johnnilsson:
I have to agree no need to turn of data. Use anycut to create a toggle widget and just put it on 3g. I use my phone from moderate to heavy and am still at over 60% on battery that's better than my Droid x. Let's face it 4G eats up battery but seriously when do you need besides when downloading things or for when netflix comes out or tethering. But for just normal use I don't even notice a difference when it comes to browsing.
[Thunderbolt General] ddarvish:
this is the most retarded thread. why the f would i go and buy a smart phone that is meant for push email and fast 4g internet and disable all that ****. either live with the **** battery life, live with a thicker phone and get a extended battery or return the **** for a dumb phone.
[Thunderbolt General] rommel500:
I am not in a 4g area but with my screen brightness turned down and the HTC weather sync turned off I am easily getting a day. I noticed when I look to see what is taking the juice its mainly the screen.
[Thunderbolt General] RogerPodacter:
You turn it off for times when you know you need to save power. If I'm out drinking at the bar for 4 hours, kill data and my phone is still at 98% after 4 hours. If I turn it off during a work day I still have 85% after 9 hours. The saving is enormous.

Since its only a 1 click toggle on your home screen, it makes no sense to avoid using this advantage.

Of course 99% of the time I leave data on. But when I know I'll need it, I use it.
[Thunderbolt General] g00s3y:
Great post, I can see you will be a helpful addition to this community... :rolleyes:

Back on topic, guys this phone has been out for what? 2 weeks? Relax, trust me, kernel development was great on the INC, I could easily get a day & a half out of my phone on the stock 1300mah battery. Once we get the kernel source for the TB, and the devs start to work on that, you will notice battery life improve significantly. Until then 4g is a big reason, so keep that off if you don't need it. Syncing always has been, either make it manual sync, or keep it at long updating intervals. ;)
[Thunderbolt General] LeoD:
Great post, I can see you will be a helpful addition to this community... :rolleyes:

ROTFLMAO!
[Thunderbolt General] Aerogriff:
Definitely gonna try this out.
[Thunderbolt General] Khalsa4G:
Hi which activity in anycut do i have to use for this to conserve battery?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allenmkelso:
Just wanted to know if any devs had anything like this since aosp roms with interactive governors give me the best performance/battery life..but I have lots of 4G problems on ALL aosp roms